A husband-and-wife winery and love story in Glen Ellen's Jack London Village. Rob Schermeister makes native-fermented, unfiltered wines (Viognier to Pinot); designer-wife Laura creates every label and the art-filled creekside room. Every guest tastes with the vintners, and dog Eli. Reservations appreciated; hours are seasonal.
14301 Arnold Dr, Studio 28
Schermeister is a husband-and-wife winery, and a love story. Winemaker Rob Schermeister, who trained under cult names Aubert and Pahlmeyer, made his first 125 cases of native-fermented Pinot in 2012; designer Laura Erickson moved west for a harvest, fell for both the wine and the winemaker, and stayed. They married on Mount Veeder in 2017.
Their creekside studio in Glen Ellen's Jack London Village is intimate and art-filled: Laura designs every label, Rob built the décor, and dog Eli greets at the door. Every guest tastes with the vintners themselves: limited-production, native-fermented, unfined, unfiltered, vegan-friendly wines from Viognier to Pinot. Reservations appreciated.
Co-Owner & Winemaker
Rob Schermeister learned native fermentation working for Mark Aubert and Jayson Pahlmeyer, then bottled 125 cases of Pinot Noir under his own name in 2012. He still makes every Schermeister wine native-fermented, unfined and unfiltered, from sustainably farmed fruit, and runs the Glen Ellen room with his wife, Laura, where guests taste with the vintners themselves.
Co-Owner & Designer
Laura Schermeister was a graphic designer in Charlotte when she moved west in 2013 for a cellar job at a Napa winery. Rob hired her to design his website the next spring, and the work turned into a romance; they married in 2017. Now co-owner, she designs every Schermeister label and the art-filled creekside room, and hosts tastings alongside Rob.
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